Monday, September 19, 2011

Our dear Nena is having her first giveaway on her blog My World of Pressed Flowers. Be sure to visit her blog and apply, because the gifts are amazing! AND because it is a lot of FUN!Naša draga Nena organizuje svoj prvi giveaway na blogu Moj Cvetni Svet.
Obavezno ga posetite i prijavite se jer su nagradice sjajne! A i zato što je mnogo ZABAVAN!

Today I met with Bilja downtown since we both live in Novi Sad. We had a great chat and a little adventure into the woundy streets of old Podbara and its forgotten shopping center that hides elusive treasures, unknown even to their masters (giggle), in a dark and mysterious shop... It was so great to meet one seasoned craftswoman who does amazing work and co-organizes my favorite event "Mali sajam lepih stvari".

Since Bilja is a photographer I did my best (with some extra help, again) to make her proud and present this unique sheep family in the best light. Only, these two crazy colored balls of yarn kept hopping into each pohoto... ;)

Saturday, September 03, 2011

Medena is organizing her second swap and the theme is extra-tasty! Chocolat Swap has started, so come and join in! Medena's first swap Sweet Summer Swap has been a huge success, so this one is bound to be even bigger one and sweeter one too!Medena organizuje svoj drugi po redu swap i to swap sa veoma ukusnom temom! Chocolat Swap je počeo - dođite i pridružite se! Medenin prvi swap Sweet Summer Swap je bio sjajan, a ovaj će sigurno biti još bolji i još slađi!

I chose to make something different, something ME, and the obvious
choice was to do something that includes origami. The theme was sweet
summer, hence I've chosen to use three origami models: a traditional sailboat, and blue fish and goldfish both models by Rick Beech (more details about these models can be found on my origami blog). For all models I've used one sided origami paper - kami.Želja mi je bila da napravim nešto drugačije, nešto u mom fazonu, i to je naravno moralo da bude nešto što uključuje origami. Pošto je tema bila sweet summer, izabrala sam tri origami modela: tradicionalnu jedrilicu, i plavu i zlatnu ribicu čiji je kreator Rick Beech (više o ovim modelima može se pročitati na mom origami blogu). Za sve modele sam koristila jednostrani origami papir.
Theme colors were pastels and that troubled me a lot, because for me summer is all about vibrant colors - blues, all flower colors, greens etc. So I had to compromise with myself, allowing only some indigo as a basic color behind crackle medium and with lighter blue on top (sides of the lid and interior of the box).

I did a lot of crackle on this box as you can see, although the quality of it is very questionable. I'm pretty happy how the cracle looks a bit like clouds in the sky on the sides, but not as much how it looks on the inside. I love crackle effect, but that's something I definitely have to work on and become more skillful.

So, each side of the box has a sailboat in one pastel colour: pink,
green, tan and yellow. I've used these colours on the lid also but as a
background to four small white sailboats. There is also a touch of pale
purple just to make me happy) on the rim of the lid.